Sinister but She Was Happy - Robyn Hitchcock

She was sinister but she was happy

Basically she was the Jeanne Moreau type

Sinister but she was happy

Sinister but she was always pleased to see you

And her living words

Were her dying words

She said «Yeah.»

She was sinister but she was happy

With a cheery smile and poison blowpipe

Sinister but she was happy

Like a kind of spider half-inclined to free you

Her lopsided grin made it so hard to win

She said:

«Alright you are -- and your promises

Are just promises -- but a sinister little

Wave of a hand goes a long, long way

In these troubled times.»

She was sinister but she was happy

And you can’t say that of everybody can you?

Sinister but she was happy

Like a chandelier festooned with leeches

And she rolled along

Till she came on strong and she said:

«Alright you are and your promises

Just are promises -- but a sinister little

Wave of a hand goes a long, long way

In these troubled times.»

Era sinistra ma era felice

Fondamentalmente era il tipo di Jeanne Moreau

Sinistra ma era felice

Sinistra ma era sempre felice di vederti

E le sue parole vive

Erano le sue parole morenti

Ha detto "Sì".

Era sinistra ma era felice

Con un sorriso allegro e una cerbottana velenosa

Sinistra ma era felice

Come una specie di ragno semi-disposto a liberarti

Il suo sorriso sbilenco ha reso così difficile vincere

Lei disse:

«Va bene tu... e le tue promesse

Sono solo promesse, ma un piccolo sinistro

Il gesto di una mano va molto, molto lontano

In questi tempi difficili.»

Era sinistra ma era felice

E non puoi dirlo a tutti, vero?

Sinistra ma era felice

Come un lampadario addobbato di sanguisughe

E lei è andata avanti

Finché non è andata avanti con forza e ha detto:

«Va bene tu e le tue promesse

Sono solo promesse, ma un po' sinistro

Il gesto di una mano va molto, molto lontano

In questi tempi difficili.»